New Hubble mission

[robnissen]

WoooHOOOOO!!! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />http://www.space.com/news/061031_hubble_wrap.html<br /><br />My only concern is that I hope they are not overreaching by trying to repair the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS). That is very difficult and could put the Hubble at risk, personally, I wish they would do the other repairs but not risk repairing the STIS.

 

[qso1]

Not to mention revolutionize astronomy. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[alokmohan]

What about JST?

 

[search]

Hubble needs to last until 2013 which is when JWST will be launched

 

[alokmohan]

Lets see when JWST is actually launched.Hubble was launched beyond schedule.

 

[alokmohan]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6105134.stm..You may like to see.

 

[3488]

It is great news & long overdue. Discovery STS 125 in May 2008. Lets hope that HST does not deteriorate too much before then. <br /><br />You are correct alokmohan, HST was launched well beyond schedule. I would be very surprised if JWST is launched on time.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[bushuser]

The article you reference states they will attempt to repair STIS. Apparently it is not modular, the way most of the other science components are? Are you concerned they will damage other parts in the attempt? These guys seem very confident, and they certainly overpractice the mission.

 

[newtonian]

RobNissen - Good news - I love those Hubble photos!

 

[qso1]

alokmohan:<br />What about JST?<br /><br />Me:<br />If all goes as planned, once JWST is in orbit. No doubt in my mind it will revolutionize astronomy once again. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[qso1]

stevehw33:<br />NASA, except for military related programs, tends to get cut back in such times.<br /><br />Me:<br />And if thats not bad enough, NASA gets cut back even in good times. The Clinton surplus economy of the late 1990s was of no benefit to NASA. The same old excuses were made to justify holding NASA budgets to pre surplus levels, even trimming NASAs budget which occured under the Clinton Administration. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>